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Sharony Baloney

@Sharonybaloney@alaskan.social

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Hi, I’m a former lurker on Twitter, just interested in learning more about everything; I’m a professional baker, amateur #bass musician, but I follow #science, #politics, #gardening, #lgbtq issues, #native issues, #alaska news (my home) to name a few. #introduction
She/her on Dena’ina and Sugpiat lands.

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Joined June 13, 2023

Sharony Baloney @Sharonybaloney@alaskan.social

· 5mo ago

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@afreytes@mastodon.gamedev.place When I visited Sweden, the term fika (coffeebreak) was explained to me as a common linguistic flipperoo (co-fee became fee-ca) kinda like cockney rhyming slang standing in for the real words. But I’m not a Swedish speaker, and I wasn’t given any other examples. Can a Swedish speaker weigh in? Is there a name for this type of wordplay/category of words? Or was I misled and fika is a standalone?

Sharony Baloney @Sharonybaloney@alaskan.social

· 5mo ago

Sound up. Loud American Toads in a vernal pool in the dark under a streetlamp. Video image just shows distressed grass. This was herping by ear. #herps #EarthDay

Sharony Baloney @Sharonybaloney@alaskan.social

· 5mo ago

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@mxfraud@tabletop.social @afreytes@mastodon.gamedev.place Oh, yes, this is the kind of thing I meant!

Sharony Baloney @Sharonybaloney@alaskan.social

· 5mo ago

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@afreytes@mastodon.gamedev.place I hope so too, or I’ll feel a bit foolish. But I also liked your question and could think of other arbitrary word groupings in English (eggcorns, nicknames (dick for richard?! Polly for Mary?!?! Definitely a particular Thing)) and wanted to follow to see what comes up. I feel your frustration trying to get past the dirty word association and into the arbitrariness and letter association of the groupings.